Re: PROBLEM: JVC MP-XP7210 hangs on boot with 2.6.0-test4

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Fri Aug 29 2003 - 12:09:03 EST


Mario Lang <mlang@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I just tried 2.6.0-test4 on my Laptop (JVC MP-XP7210, 256MB RAM, IDE).
> However, it hangs on boot. I tried booting with acpi=off and also
> with "acpi=off noapic". Both options seem to help nothing,
> and the same output appears on all attempts to boot.
>
> I compiled the kernel with gcc 3.3.2.
>
> Here is the output I get:
>
> [<c0 10 92 69>] Kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xc
> Code: 0f ba 6e 24 00 c7 44 24 04 00 00 00 00 89 34 24 e8 25 fa ff
> <0> Kernel Panic: Fatal Exception in Interrupt
> in interrupt handler - not syncing

There must have been more output than that? Please transcribe some more of
the backtrace and send it. Don't worry about all the hex numbers: the
important parts are these:

EIP is at i810fb_cursor+0x1da/0x240 [i810fb]

Call Trace:
[<...>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
[<...>] bh_lru_install+0xb5/0x100
[<...>] __find_get_block+0x73/0xf0
[<...>] __getblk+0x2b/0x60
[<...>] is_tree_node+0x6b/0x70
[<...>] search_by_key+0x6f9/0xf30
[<...>] search_for_position_by_key+0x1be/0x3d0
[<...>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20

Also, try stripping your kernel down by unconfiguring drivers and features
which are not needed for a successful boot. This will help identify the
buggy component.

Also, try adding the string `initcall_debug' to the kernel boot command
line. Watch out for the messages "calling initcall 0xNNNNNNNN". Take a
note of the final address which is printed before the crash and look it up
in the 2.6 kernel's System.map file.

Thanks.
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